Events

Interested in gardening? Want to know more about IT?

Are you over 50 or under 25?  Intrigued? Then contact Liz Stevens, Community Development Worker on her mobile number 0779 365 8306.

This is for people 50plus who would like to share their  experience in gardening/growing  vegetables   with those under 25. The volunteers will spend   some time discussing and agreeing the shared skills and planning this out will help everyone get  to know each other.

The initial gardening work will be at Newbridge school, for a 2 hour session. We aim to have IT on alternate weeks again for a 2hour session once we’ve confirmed the venue with our other partners New Directions.. The whole project is for a  16week period.

Anyone from Caversham is welcome  to join in.

Tuesday 20th July 6.00 - 8.00pm Highdown School

Upper Caversham Neighbourhood Action Group (includes Caversham Heights, Emmer Green and Caversham Park Village) Please contact Inspector Penny Mackenzie on 0845 8 505 505 if you wish to attend

Wednesday, 28 July 7.45am for 8-9am event. Breakfast Business Briefing on the proposed Reading Station Development, Venue: Novotel Reading

 This briefing will look at why Reading needs investment in transport to help the economy to grow and why, even in the face of unprecedented fiscal cuts, business in Reading and the Thames Valley relies on rail and places a high value on continued investment in the railway network.

Speakers:

 Chris Webber, Senior Analyst, Centre for Cities

 Tom Fuller, President, Reading Chamber of Commerce

 Bill Henry, Reading Project Director, Network Rail

To confirm attendance or for more information please email: Gareth.Nicholson@networkrail.co.uk

The event will also provide an opportunity to ask questions about the Reading station closure this Christmas, the emerging details of which are at: www.networkrail.co.uk/reading

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http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/Content.aspx?id=4888

True Food Cooperative

The True Food Cooperative shop selling organic food at Grove Road, Emmer Green is now open:
• Monday 12noon –8pm
• Tuesday to Friday 11am-5.30
• Saturday 10am-4pm

Calling Central Caversham Traders

The Caversham Traders Association is alive and well. An e-mail survey has been undertaken to prioritise the issues that Caversham businesses consider to be needing attention. If you are a central Caversham trader, and have not been contacted, please e-mail.

CADRA AGM took place on Wednesday 21 April 2010

Following the formal business there was a presentation “Our Rubbish, Our Streets” by Oliver Burt, Re3 Project Manager and Pete Thompson Street Care Manager, Reading Borough Council.

Click here for the report from Helen Lambert, who chairs CADRA.

Click here for the minutes of last year's AGM.

Click here for the accounts

Guided walks in Caversham Court  Gardens starting Sunday 2 May 2010

Volunteers from the Friends of Caversham Court Gardens will be on hand to show visitors round this historic garden on the first Sunday of every month from May to October. Just turn up between 2.30 and 5pm, no need to book.

You can also enjoy tea and delicious home-made cakes at the Refreshment Kiosk, which will be open from 1pm to 5pm. Note that the kiosk is now open Thursdays to Sundays, and on Bank Holiday Mondays, and will be open until 6pm in the summer months.    

You can join Friends of Caversham Court by contacting Philip Darlow, tel: 0118 9472205 or via FriendsofCavershamCourt@googlemail.com  

Open meeting on Planning School Places

The open meeting “Planning more School Places” took place on Tuesday November 10th 2009, at the Baptist Free Church on Prospect Street.

Maggie Buckley and Kevin McDaniel from Reading Borough Council’s Education and Children’s Services spoke about planning school places.  Read more about it here

Reading Festival 2009

Festival Republic applied for a variation in the license and were granted an increase in permitted sound levels off-site, increased ‘early bird’ tickets permitting access on Wednesday ahead of the main entry and an increase of 10,000 tickets phased over three years. CADRA and WADRA worked closely with the organisers and Council Licensing Officers and achieved useful concessions to mitigate the impact on local people.

Complaints and comments received are an important for planning for subsequent festivals - contact Licensing.  CADRA and WADRA met the festival organisers and Licensing Team in early December and would welcome comments.

You may have seen signs for free plums at Cross Lanes Farm. This followed discussion on how to overcome the loss of trade during the festival in previous years. Thanks are due to Festival Republic for a successful initiative.

Following the 2009 Reading Festival, Festival Republic commissioned Baker Associates of Bristol to conduct a Business Impact Assessment similar to that conducted for Glastonbury in 2007.  The Warren and District Residents Association have analysed the feedback. Click here for the report. Click here for the survey analysis.

Reading University are also undertaking a study on the economic impact of the festival. If you know of traders whose business has been either improved or disadvantaged by the Festival, please refer them to the Caversham Traders Association c/o Delicious in Prospect Street.

CADRA AGM 2009 -Transport in and around Reading - A Third Bridge and other plans

The 2009 AGM was held on Wednesday, 29th April 2009. This was followed by a talk on Transport in and around Reading - A Third Bridge and other plans by Tony Page, Lead Councillor for Transport (Labour) with Ricky Duveen (Lib. Dem.) and Richard Willis (Con.). Click here for more info. Click here for the minutes.

The following local events might also be of interest:

1. Caversham Childrens Centre
2. Caversham Horticultural Society
3. Reading Festival 2008